Charles s



' c. s. COOK.

STOVEPIPE ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 11. 1919.

1,435,5 '16, v Patented N v.'14, 19.22.

Patented I Nov. 14, 1 922;

' CHARLES sews, or iiiiirnnw'oon, ai issorinr.

' r I "STOVEPIPE ANCT'IOB.

-App1icati0n file'd' Gctober 11,1919."Serialill'o. 329,977;

' To alt whom e'tmag concern:

Be itknownthat l CHA LES-Si Coon, a

citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Maplewood, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missourhhave invented anew and manufacture and highly efficient in practice.

l/Vith the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description pro-' ceeds, the invention resides in the combma tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the description and wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the several views.

' Figure 1 is a side elevation of the inventioninstalled; and c Figure 21s an end elevation of the same. In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the DIBTGIIGCLQIHP bodiment of my inventiomthe numeral 3 designates in general my improved anchor, which is preferably formed from a single strand of wire or other suitable material. The anchor is positioned within a stove pipe section 4 which includes the usual elbow 5 for changing the courseof the pipe. The pipe section 4 is positioned within an opening in a wall or flue 6 in such a manner that the inner end of the pipe section is flush with the inner face of the wall or flue.

My improved anchor 3 in the present instance is formed from a single strand of resilient wire the substantial intermediate portion thereof being looped or coiledas at 7 to provide a pair of normally diverging spring arms 8 and 9. The natural tendency of these arms is to spring apart, but when the anchor is positioned within a pipe section, these arms are slightly pressed toward wardly to provide a line engaging element each other sothat the relative upper arrri V is arranged parallel to; and in close proximity with the relative top of thepipe section, while the relative] lower farinl 8 isv inclined downwardly from the loop/7 towards-the relative lower portion'of the pipe section. It is tohe noted thatthe'coiledportion.-or loop 7' of the wireis arranged in close proximity or preferably flush with the outer. face of the wall 6 for a purpose which will'pres:

entlyappear. I p v i The terminal of the arm 9 is bent up- 10 and this element snugly engages the in ner face of the flue, and the'relative inner end of therpipe section 4. The-lower arm 11 frictionally engages one wallof'the pipe section 4:, and is of alength to extend an pppreciable distance within the flue 6- as at in order to retain the. pipe 'section 4', within the flue opening a retaining element; l2 isengaged with the loop-7 ofthe anchorand extends'to the outside of the Stovepipe and coils therearound as shown by Figure 1.

However, in the present instance, the retain 7 it 7 ing element 12 assumes the form of a length of wire having itsintermediate portion engag-edv with the loop 7, while, its" ends are extended outwardly of the flue through an aperture 13 provided in the elbow 5. After the ends of the wire are threaded through; the aperture,;they are thenxcarried down- I wardly upon opposite sides of the elbow to be engaged with the crotch of the elbow, after which they are twisted or crossed and extended around opposite sides of the elbow. The terminals of the wire are then twisted so that the ends of the wire are snugly engaged with the flueto securely'retain the, w

anchorin its proper position. v

To installthe device the arms of the an chor are urged towards each other to suchan extent that the anchor may .be-readily engagingelements .10-and 11 are arranged within'theflue, at which timepressure upon the arms 8 and 9 is relieved. The anchor is then moved outwardly. of the pipe sec- 105' it tion until the flue engaging elements 10 contact with. theinner wallof the flue and the arm is arranged parallel and in close proximity with the relative top of'the pipe section 4 A retaining element 12 such as .1 10

a length'of wire isjthen engaged with the loop '7 of the anchor and the ends of vpassed into the pipe section 4 until the fiue j wire are threaded through the aperture 13 in the elbow and secured to the pipe in the manner set forth. Manifestly, the anchor will at all times be urged outwardly of the flue whereby its terminals or flue engaging elements 10 are securely engaged with the inner face or wall of the flue.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed is:

In combination with a stove pipe section an elbow connected therewith, a stove pipe anchor comprising a length of wire bent intermediate its length to provide a relatively straight arm adapted to lie parallel with one wall of the pipe section, and in close proximity therewith. the relatively straight arnr having a right angled end adapted to overlie one end of the stove pipe section and engage the wall of the chimney flue, an. angularly disposed arm forming a part of the anchor, said angularly disposed arm extending to a point adjacent theop- ,posite wall of the pipe section, a coiled terminating in a relatively straight p01 tion adapted to frictionally engage the opposite wall of the stove pipe section, and a retaining element having connection with the coiled portion of the anchor and pass ing around the elbow for anchoring the stove pipe in position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affix'ed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. GQOK.

Witnesses SPENCER STEPHENSON, G. RILEY. 

